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Associative Property

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Which of the following operations are not associative with respect to whole numbers?

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addition and subtraction

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subtraction and division

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addition and multiplication

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multiplication and division

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Solution

The correct option is D subtraction and division
Associative property does not hold good w.r.t. subtraction:
$A - (B - C) \neq (A - B) - C$
Associative property does not hold good w.r.t. division as well:
$A \div (B \div C) \neq (A \div B) \div C$
So, option $B$ is correct.

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